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The Hoke County Journal
s VOLUME XL NO. 45
RAEFORD, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1940
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SCHOOL NEWS
By K. A. MacDonald
regular monthly meeting last
night with a good attendence.
Plans were made for the summer
canning for the lunchroom.
The Antioch school has had
one half of its enrollment out
with the measles during the
past few weeks. The epidemic is
now on the wane, we are glad
to say.
Win Top Honors
Doris Keith of the senior class
of Hoke High has won the Vale
dictory, or first honor, in her
class, and Betty McLean will
be salutatorian, having made the
second highest grades in the
class.
Billie Sipple, one of the Ashe
mont bus drivers, is out sick
this week. We hope Billie will
soon be back on the job.
Hoke-Racford PTA To Meet
On next Wednesday afternoon,
April 17, at three-thirty o'clock
the Hoke-Raeford PTA will meet
at the Raeford Graded School.
The pupils of the graded school
will put on a Pan-American
program under the direction
of Miss Margaret McKenzie. All
members and patrons of the two
schools are urged to be present.
Schools Shorten Schedule
The white schools of the coun
ty shortened their schedule on
Monday by cutting out the high
school activity period. This was
done to enable the pupils to get
home earlier in the afternoons
to help with the farm work.
When it becomes necessary,
schools will be opened earlier
in the morning and the closing
hour moved up.
The Woman's club through it
committee is sponsoring .a pic
ture memory contest at the Rae
ford graded school. This contest
will; be held next' Thursday,
The pupils' are 'verf much-interested.
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. Give Schools Picture
7H Wemian's" ilub rfa prei
seifted the Raeford graded school
with seta' of 'pictures that are
copies of some of the great mas
ters. The school appreciates this
gift a great deal. Much interest
in art has been created among
the pupils by this gift.
Musical Program Presented
Miss Frances R. Davis' sixth
and seventh grades presented
a delightful musical program at
the Raeford graded school as
sembly last Thursday. They plav-
ed, sang, and pantomimed a j
number of well known songs. ,
Everyone did his part well, and ;
the program was tliroughly en-:
joyed by all.
FARM NOTES
By A. S. Knowles
Wire Houses Safely
Plan the service entrance to
take care of all possible future
needs. To tear out the original
entrance and install one of lar
ger capacity is wasteful and
expensive.
If undersized wires are in
stalled, motors and other equip
ment fail to operate satisfac
torily and operating costs are
highl Replacing inadequate wir
ing with proper . site circuits
costs more money In the long
run. Always insist ' on having
wiring -inspected before power
is used. . .
Out buildings such as the
peultry house and livestock
barn should be wired where
future use would justify. '
Farm Mechanization
Qn farms where tractors are
available, they should be used
more efficiently. If proper equip
ment can be obtained, they can
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SIX SENTENCED
BY RECORDER
last Tuesday
DOCKET CONSIDERABLY
LIGHTER THAN
USUAL
In a lighter than usual docket
Tuesday morning Judge Henry
McDiarmid sentenced six de
fendants and found two not
guilty in the seven cases that
were disposed of.
Reverend J. L. Monroe, col
ored, was charged with embez
zlement of $63.40 from Elvina
Meekins, also colored. The rev
erend's plea of guilty of a les
ser charge was accepted by the
court and sentence of thirty
days was suspended on pay
ment of the costs and the re
turn of te money to Elvina
Meekins.
Leroy Wells, colored, was sen
tenced to tirty days on the roads,
sentence to be suspended on pay
ment of the costs for careless
and reckless driving.
Nealey J. Lester, colored, for
feited a $25 bond he had posted
when arrested for being drunk
and disorderly and using pro
fane and indecent lanuage. The
costs were paid from the bond
and the remainder went to the
school fund.
The $25 bond posted by Bruce
J. Downey, transient white man
charged with speeding, went
the same way.
Clarence Stubbs, colored, got
a sentence of six months sus
pended on payment of the costs
for assaulting Frank Ellis with
a deadly weapon.
Orlando Boone, white man of
Jacksonville who was involved
in a truck wreck here Saturday,
paid costs for careless and reck
less driving.
James G Cox and Frances
Mabee, both white, were found
ho'tgtiilty on charge-of F. and A.
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Raeford Shrine Club
pdnYolt Easter Seals
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Dr. Marcus R. Smith, Pres
ident of" the Raeford Shrihe
Club has accepted the chairman
ship rf the annual Easter Seal
Sale for Hoke County. This ap
pointment was announced today
by Dr: Lennox Baker of Duke
University, president of the Nor
th Carolina League for Crippled
Children.
In accepting the chairman
ship. Dr. Smith said: "The pur
chase of Easter Seals means that
physically handicapped persons
right here in our own commun
ity will receive aid to meet their
valid needs not otherwise pro
vided for. Our organization does
nut duplicate the work of other
agencies, public or private, but
is concerned with the unmet
needs of crippled children and
handicapped adults."
Dr. Smith will not have a
special committee but will count
on each and every member of
the club to take an active part
in the campaign.
Burgin Still
Seriously III
Representative William O.
Burgin, congressman from the
eighth North Carolina District,
was still in a critical condition
at Doctor's Hospital in Washing
ton at last reports yesterday. He
suffered a heart attack early
Sunday morning. . -
Attending physicians stated
yesterday that he was resting
well and doing as well as could
be expected, but 'thM -his condition-
was still very serious.
DRINKING; WRECKS TRUCK
At approximately three P.
M . last Saturday David Thomas
colored -drove a truck of the
Dundarrach Trading Co. off
the road near Dundarrach.
Damage to Thomas was nil and
to the truck slight
He was arrested by the State
Highway Patrol and "charged
with driving while under the
influence of liquor.
Arthur B. Chason
Dies Last Thursday
Arthur B. Chason. 67, prom
inent farmer of Lumber Bridge,
died last Thursday morning at a
Fayetteville Hospital after a br
ief illnes. He was a son of the
late William A. Chason of Cum
berland county and Mary Owen
Chason of Bladen County.
Funeral services were conduc
ted at four P. M. Friday at Lum
ber Bridge Baptist church by
Rev. T. Paul Deaton, assisted by
Rev. J M. Gibbs. Burial was in
the cemeteqy of the Lumber
Bridge Presbyterian church.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Miss Lula Lovett; two sons,
Arthur B. Chason, Jr. of the U.
S. Marine Corps, and Thomas
Chason of Lumber Bridge; two
daughters, Mrs. George Weaver
of Raeford and Mrs. T. B. Forbes
of Lumber Bridge; two brothers
W. H. Chason of Lumber Bridge
and Pete Chason of Lumberton;
and five sisters, Mrs. R. A.
Wright, Mrs. J. E. McGougan,
Mrs. J. M. McGougan, Mrs. J.
C. McFayden and Miss Lina
Chason, all of Lumber Bridge.
STOLEN CHICKENS
RECOVERED; ONE
ARRESTMADE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE TRACKS
THIEF AND FINDS
FOWLS
About eighteen hens were re
moved from the chicken house
of Mr. and Mrs. Foster McBryde
about two miles northeast of
Raeford la.it Monday night.
On notification officers of the
Hoke county force began trac
king and nosing around the pre
mises and finally approached
the home of Joe Scott, white,
on the old Mason place about
four miles out J5-A. Sheriff Hod
gin stated that there were chic
kens running around the yard
and that after further investi
gation he- discovered that there
were fifteen or twenty more
locked up in a house there.
He then went and got Mc
Bryde and let him examine the
fowls in the house, fourteen of
which he stated he was certain
were his. Of the others confined
McBryde could not say positive
ly whether they were or were
not his hens.
Scott was arrested and lodged
in the county jail to await
trial. According to the officers he
admitted, about the time Mc
Bryde started identifying the
fowts, that they were stolen, but
that he had not done the steal
ing. He said he had bought them
from the thief and that he could
not reveal the name of the thief
or that person, real or imaginary,
would undoubtedly remember
things from his (Scott's) past
that he preferred to go unre
membered.. Precinct Meeting;
County Convention
April 20, April 27
Walter P. Baker, chairman of
the Hoke County Democratic ex
ecutive committee, yesterday an
nounced the dates for the Dem
ocratic precinct meeting in Hoke
County and , the date for the
County Democratic convention.
The precinct meeting will be
held on the afternoon of Satur
day, April 20, at two-thirty o'
clock at the voting place in each
precinct, Baker said.
The county Democratic con
vention will be held at the court
house on the afternoon of Sat
urday, April 2T, at two-thirty o,
clock, the chairman stated. He
urged every voter to attend these
meetings. 1 ' -
Robert Barrington was in town
yesterday enroute to Burling
ton where he expects to play
baseball this summer before en
tering school next fall in Chi
cago. He has been in Charles
ton, S. C. for the past three or
four weeks training with the
baseball club there.
ELECTION BOARD
MEETS; APPOINTS
REGISTRARS
REGISTRATION BOOKS TO
OPEN NINE TO SIX
STARTING 27TII
The Hoke County bord of e
lections, consisting of W. L.
Poole, chairman, J. W. McPhaul,
and D. C. Cox, met in Raeford
last Saturday according to law
and selected the precinct elec
tion boards for the next two
years. These boards will serve as
registrars and pollholders at all
primaries, generol elections and
special elections in the next two
years.
The registrations books will
be open in each precinct from
nine A. M. to six P. M. on Sat
urday, April 27, and on May 4,
11, and 18, the four Saturdays
immediately preceding the Dem
ocratic primary to be held on
May 25.
The registrars and pollhold
ers in the precincts of the county
are as follows, the first named
in each case being the registrar:
Allendale, David Currie. Archie
Watson. J. W. Hasty; Antioch,
W C. Hodgin, James McPhaul,
F. C. McPhaul; Blue Springs,
J. F. McMillan, R. J. Hasty,
J. R. Hendricks; LittleRiver, J.
W. Smith, D. H. Walters, C. H.
Marks; Puppy Creek, John Par
ker, Lacv McNeill, Hugh Haire;
Rockfish, M. G. Ray, W. Town
send, J. P. Barger; Quewhiffle,
R. A. Smoak, R. D. Strother,
M. C. Strother; Stonewall, N.
A. Mclnnis, J. L. McFadyen,
D. L. McGougan; Raeford No. 1
L. J. Campbell, J. D. McNeill,
M. M. Culbreth; Raeford No. 2
Bruce Morris, Jr., W. W. Mc
Lean, G. W. Cox.
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Claudie Glisson
Seriously1 Injured
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Claudie Glisson, local white
man recently discharged from
the Army, while driving the
auto of H. L. McMinis ran off
of Highway 15-A just beyond
Peddler's branch in Raeford and
seriously injured himself and
the car. He travelling east and
went off to the left just beyond
the bridge where there is a drop
from the road of approximately
12 feet. The accident occurred
at approximately 6:30 A. M.
last Friday.
At last reports yesterday Glis
son was still in a Fayetteville
hospital in a serious condition.
A complete report of the ac
cident is not available as there
were no witness and Glisson
is not able to be questioned.
Arthur Currie Dies
In Scotland County
Received too late for last
week's paper was information
of the death of Arthur D. Currie,
51, who died March 31 at his
home in the old Laurel Hill sec
tion of Scotland county. Death
was caused by a stroke of para
lysis. Funeral services were con
ducted Monday at the home and
burial was at Hillside cemetary
in Laurinburg.
The deceased was a brother
of Mrs. G. C. Lytle of Red
Springs, R.F.D., and Mrs. Eli
Shankle of Raeford.
WILL HOLD NO COURT
ON EASTER MONDAY
J. B. Cameron, clerk of the
Hoke county '-superior court,
stated yesterday that the April
term of superior court would
not begin on Monday, April 23, as
scheduled, but would start Tues
day, April 23, at ten A. M.
Cameron stated that he had
checked this with Judge Claw
son L. Williams, of Sanford, who
will be the presiding judge for
the term, and that the judge had
assured him that he would not
be here until Tuesday.
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Fruit Truck Burns
Saturday Morning
In a costly accident that came
close to causing a death the trai-
j lcr truck driven by Orlando
Boone, of Jacksonville, Fla., turn
ed over from the Laurinburg
road into main street at about
j six-thirty last Saturday morning
' and burned.
The Raeford Fire department
1 was soon on the scene and extin-
guished the blaze which started
as soon as the truck turned over
The cab and engine were a total
loss, but the trailer and much of
the load were saved by the fire
men. The truck remained on its
right side and Boone was able
to get out at once but his relief
driver and co-owner, N. E. El
kin, had a close call with the
flames before he could get out
as the left door with the truck
in that position was straight up.
He was unhurt.
The truck was loaded with
cucumbers, coconuts, and pep
pers, some of which were dam
aged by the heat and the fall.
The owners estimated their loss
at $4,000. Boone paid the costs
for careless and reckless driv
ing in recorder's court Tuesday.
FUNERALHELD
SUNDAY FOR
MRS. MCFADYEN
87 YEAR-OLD LADY
OF MONTROSE
DIES
Mrs. Mary Graham McFadyen,
aged 87, died suddenly Thurs
day afernoon at two-thirty o'
clock at her home in Montrose,
following a heart attack.
She was a member of one of
the pioneer families of the sand
hill section, the daughter of
Neill A. and Eliza Shaw Gra
ham. She was born on November
6, 1858. On April 27, 1882 she
married John J. McFadyen, who
preceded her in death Novem
ber 10, 1910.
To this union nine children
were born, of whom six sur
vive: Neill, Tom, and Addie of
the home; Lacy and Mrs. Mamye
Bevan, also of Montrose; and
Mrs. W. S. Morris of Gastonia.
Surviving also are one brother,
Thomas A. Graham of Durham,
N. C, six grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Early in life she joined the
Presbyterian church and was a
regular attendant at all its ser
vices throughout her life.
Funeral service was held at
the home Sunday afternoon at
two o'clock, conducted by her
pastor. Rev. W. B. Gaston of
Shiloii Presbyterian church. The
burial was in the Old Bethesda
cemetery at Aberdeen, N. C.
Pallbearers were Roy Graham.
Lydwell Graham, Luther Mc
Donald, Lacy McFadyen, Wor
th Graham, nephews, nd N.. F.
Sinclir.
C. B. Deane
Visits Monday
C. B. Deane, Rockingham law-'
ver and insurance man who is
running for the congressional
seat to the vacated by W. O.
Burgin, was a visitor to Raeford
and Hoke County Monday in
the interests of his candidacy.
Mr. Deane was accompanied
to Raeford by John A. Lang,Jr
of Carthage, who at one time
considered running for the of-.
fice but who now is actively
supporting Deane.
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MRS. J. B. HAMTTON
SLIGHTLY IMPROVED
ArmrHinff In rerjorts received -
late yesterday from Duke Hos-i
pital, where Mrs. J. R. Hampton
has been a patient for over a
fortnight, Mrs. Hampton had
shown some improvement yes
terday. She underwent an op- j
eration last Saturday and her
condition has been considered
critical. It is still critical buti
slightly improved.
RAEFORD WILL
HAVE JUNIOR
LEGION TEAM
PLANS DISCUSSED AT
LEGION MEETING
MONDAY
At a business session of the
Ellis Williamson Post of tho
American Legion here Monday
night in the armory plans were
discussed for the entry of a
Hoke County team in the Amer
ican Legion Junior basebalL
compeition this summer.
J. H. Blue, chairman of the
baseball comittee, told the meet
ing of the investigation he ha3
already done. He stated that he
thought there were several play
ers in the county now who met
the age requirements and who
were also outstanding in their
baseball ability.
Blue also discussed the pos
sibility of using players from
Moore County to fill out the
team in case there was not
a team entered from Moore coun
ty, as it appears there will not
be. Players there are already
being contacted, he said. Dis
cussed as a remote possibility
was joining Red Springs and
having a joint team with that
town in case it was decided that
the entry from Raeford would
not be strong enough.
The business meeting followed
a delicious steak supper served
to the legion and auxiliary by
the auxiliary.
Mrs. R. L. Murray, president,
of the .auxiliary, presided over
the affair, which was opened
with an invocation by Dr. R. L.
Murray followed by the pledge
of allegiance to the Flag led by
Miss Mayme McKeithan.
W. L. Poole, post commander,
spoke briefly on the main ob
jectives of the legion. He urged
members of both auxiliary and
legion to cooperate with the
schools of the county in encour
aging a better and more effic
ient health program. He stated
that Hoke County's health record
for draft rejections was three
percent worse than the state
average. Mr. Poole also-pointed
out the advantages of raising
the standards of the county
schools and asked the members
to give their support to bring
ing about higher scholastic re
cords. Mrs. Arthur D. Gore and Mrs.
A.. K. Currie had charge of the
program which consisted of sev
eral popular selections from the
high school girls and a Hawaiian
nance, nouen (jailin led the
group in singing some old fav
orites. After the program both the
auxiliary and legion met for
short business sessions. At their
meeting the auxiliary voted to
send two girls to "Girls" State
next summer. It was announced
that the chapter had won the
attendance prize at the district
meeting at Red Springs on Mar
ch 27..
ACTION IN BANK
Last Saturday afternoon at
one o'clock there w as a rat
ting in the town of Raeford,
and of all places, in the Bank
of Raeford.
David Chason used a knife
on David Hendricks, and to
a., considerable extent, al
though Hendricks was not
hospitalized and b up andv
round by this time. CfcaV tm
was restrained by member et
the bank staff and other pre
sent until the police arrived
and took him away. -
He was lodged in the jail
here and will lodf e there
til the next term of Superior
Court when he will face the
court on a charge of assault
with a deadly weapon wltk
intent to kilL
Both are white men from
the vicinity of Arabia. Cha
son is reported to have pre
viously been convicted of snis
, demeanors.
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